Category: Dorset Politics

The national briefing you didn’t hear about

We live in a critical time when the truth has never been more urgently needed: but the media and political discourse is so peppered...

Underfunded rural Dorset pays the price

As I write it’s been a difficult week for West Dorset, with Storm Chandra bringing torrential rain, some areas seeing more than 55mm in...

Why Britain isn’t broken – despite the rain

MP Simon Hoare thanks flood responders, reflects on national strengths and says social media needs limits to protect young people Let me begin this month’s...

See what we can achieve this year!

From salmon to family farms via local pharmacies, Edward Morello MP rounds off 2025 with hard-won progress for West Dorset communities Happy New Year! I...

Trust the people, back the countryside

Simon Hoare MP uses Opposition Day debates to challenge government thinking – and argue that rural Britain cannot remain an afterthought One of the few...

Lib Dems reselect Gary Jackson as North Dorset candidate

The Liberal Democrats have reselected local veteran and engineer Gary Jackson as their candidate for North Dorset at the next general election. Jackson, a former...

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‘We marvelled at her natural maternal instinct’

A complicated foaling left the newborn orphaned, but with medicines and good husbandry we found a foster mare, says Lucy Procter. January is a significant...

Dorset’s winter colours

Winter may feel muted, but Dorset still offers colour, from evergreen trees and bright birds to fungi, mosses and lichens thriving in the colder...

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